Turkey let US-led forces use its bases against the IS, yet, whether it’s going to take a more active part in the international coalition – is still unclear. So, what is it that makes Mr. Erdogan uneasy about fighting the IS? Radio VR is discussing it

The ruling AKP has not hidden its pleasure over preliminary results in a key vote at Turkey’s top judicial body, in which candidates reportedly supported by the government scored an overwhelming success

POLITICS > Ergenekon coup plot case marks new HSYK voteHurriyet Daily News
In August 2013, in the controversial Ergenekon trial, 275 people suspected of plotting a coup were handed sentences of hundreds of years of jail, with many high-ranking army members, journalists and academics being given aggravated life sentences by a .

The AK Party and Gulen’s movement used to be allies, joining forces to battle those allegedly involved in secularist coup plots known as “Ergenekon” and “Sledgehammer”. But a bitter rift became public last year when Erdogan moved to close Hizmet’s

Ankara on Monday contradicted statements by US government representatives according to which the US would be allowed to use Turkish military bases for attacks on IS militants in northern Syria. The Turkish government must put its bases at the disposal of the alliance and go on the offensive itself, commentators urge, fearing that otherwise there will be no stopping the IS.